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Part IIU.K. Powers

Entry and inspectionU.K.

4U.K.For the purpose of exercising any powers under this Part of this Act an authorised person may at any reasonable time enter and inspect premises used in connection with the carrying on of a business.

Entry and searchU.K.

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ArrestU.K.

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Order for access to recorded information etc.U.K.

7(1)Where, on an application by an authorised person, a justice of the peace or, in Scotland, a justice (within the meaning of section 307 of the M1Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995) is satisfied that there are reasonable grounds for believing—U.K.

(a)that an offence in connection with tax is being, has been or is about to be committed, and

(b)that any recorded information (including any document of any nature whatsoever) which may be required as evidence for the purpose of any proceedings in respect of such an offence is in the possession of any person,

he may make an order under this paragraph.

(2)An order under this paragraph is an order that the person who appears to the justice to be in possession of the recorded information to which the application relates shall—

(a)give an authorised person access to it, and

(b)permit an authorised person to remove and take away any of it which he reasonably considers necessary,

not later than the end of the period of 7 days beginning with the date of the order or the end of such longer period as the order may specify.

(3)The reference in sub-paragraph (2)(a) above to giving an authorised person access to the recorded information to which the application relates includes a reference to permitting the authorised person to take copies of it or to make extracts from it.

(4)Where the recorded information consists of information [F3stored in any electronic form] , an order under this paragraph shall have effect as an order to produce the information in a form in which it is visible and legible [F4or from which it can readily be produced in a visible and legible form] and, if the authorised person wishes to remove it, in a form in which it can be removed.

(5)This paragraph is without prejudice to paragraphs 3 to 5 above.

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Removal of documents etc.U.K.

8(1)An authorised person who removes anything in the exercise of a power conferred by or under paragraph 5 or 7 above shall, if so requested by a person showing himself—U.K.

(a)to be the occupier of premises from which it was removed, or

(b)to have had custody or control of it immediately before the removal,

provide that person with a record of what he removed.

(2)The authorised person shall provide the record within a reasonable time from the making of the request for it.

(3)Subject to sub-paragraph (7) below, if a request for permission to be allowed access to anything which—

(a)has been removed by an authorised person, and

(b)is retained by the Commissioners for the purposes of investigating an offence,

is made to the officer in overall charge of the investigation by a person who had custody or control of the thing immediately before it was so removed or by someone acting on behalf of such a person, the officer shall allow the person who made the request access to it under the supervision of an authorised person.

(4)Subject to sub-paragraph (7) below, if a request for a photograph or copy of any such thing is made to the officer in overall charge of the investigation by a person who had custody or control of the thing immediately before it was so removed, or by someone acting on behalf of such a person, the officer shall—

(a)allow the person who made the request access to it under the supervision of an authorised person for the purpose of photographing it or copying it, or

(b)photograph or copy it, or cause it to be photographed or copied.

(5)Subject to sub-paragraph (7) below, where anything is photographed or copied under sub-paragraph (4)(b) above the officer shall supply the photograph or copy, or cause it to be supplied, to the person who made the request.

(6)The photograph or copy shall be supplied within a reasonable time from the making of the request.

(7)There is no duty under this paragraph to allow access to, or to supply a photograph or copy of, anything if the officer in overall charge of the investigation for the purposes of which it was removed has reasonable grounds for believing that to do so would prejudice—

(a)that investigation,

(b)the investigation of an offence other than the offence for the purposes of the investigation of which the thing was removed, or

(c)any criminal proceedings which may be brought as a result of the investigation of which he is in charge or any such investigation as is mentioned in paragraph (b) above.

(8)Any reference in this paragraph to the officer in overall charge of the investigation is a reference to the person whose name and address are endorsed on the warrant concerned as being the officer so in charge.

9(1)Where, on an application made as mentioned in sub-paragraph (2) below, the appropriate judicial authority is satisfied that a person has failed to comply with a requirement imposed by paragraph 8 above, the authority may order that person to comply with the requirement within such time and in such manner as may be specified in the order.U.K.

(2)An application under sub-paragraph (1) above shall be made—

(a)in the case of a failure to comply with any of the requirements imposed by sub-paragraphs (1) and (2) of paragraph 8 above, by the occupier of the premises from which the thing in question was removed or by the person who had custody or control of it immediately before it was so removed, and

(b)in any other case, by the person who had such custody or control.

(3)In this paragraph “the appropriate judicial authority” means—

(a)in England and Wales, a magistrates’ court;

(b)in Scotland, the sheriff;

(c)in Northern Ireland, a court of summary jurisdiction, as defined in Article 2(2)(a) of the M2Magistrates’ Court (Northern Ireland) Order 1981.

(4)In England and Wales and Northern Ireland, an application for an order under this paragraph shall be made by way of complaint; and sections 21 and 42(2) of the M3Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954 shall apply as if any reference in those provisions to any enactment included a reference to this paragraph.

Power to take samplesU.K.

10(1)An authorised person, if it appears to him necessary for the protection of the revenue against mistake or fraud, may at any time take, from material which he has reasonable cause to believe is intended to be, is being, or has been disposed of as waste by way of landfill, such samples as he may require with a view to determining how the material ought to be or to have been treated for the purposes of tax.U.K.

(2)Any sample taken under this paragraph shall be disposed of in such manner as the Commissioners may direct.

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